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How the data is collected

Every finding comes from the same method: the same questions, asked of the same AI assistants, on a fixed schedule, with every answer kept.

What is asked

The questions a buyer asks at each stage of buying: learning about a category, drawing up a shortlist, checking the options and choosing. They are written for one sector and one market.

Which AI assistants

Up to six: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok and DeepSeek. Each is asked the same questions, so their answers can be compared.

How often

Every week or every month, the same questions each time, so a change in the answers can be seen rather than guessed.

What is kept

Every answer in full, the brands it names in the order named, and the pages it cites. A finding's chart is frozen at the reading it was read at.

How a test is judged

Each test states the reading that would prove it wrong, and that threshold is set before the data arrives. If it is changed later, both dates are shown.

The caution

One sector, one market and the AI assistants named, at one reading: a later reading can change a finding. Independent analysis of public data. Not financial advice or a product recommendation.

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